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newsclips -- ARB Newsclips for November 8 , 2016.
Posted: 08 Nov 2016 14:24:42
ARB Newsclips for November 8 , 2016. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. CAP AND TRADE Carbon Tax, Perhaps We Should Reconsider? As climate change continues unabated, the calls grow for creating a financial incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—namely placing a price on carbon. There are multiple ways to price carbon, with the method predominantly advocated for being a carbon tax. Such an approach bears further examination on whether it can effectively reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)... https://www.climatetrust.org/carbon-tax-perhaps-we-should-reconsider/?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=7ba300c04c-Newsletter_October_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_52bd2e6821-7ba300c04c-231593789&goal=0_52bd2e6821-7ba300c04c-231593789 State mulls carbon tax, other alternatives to cap and trade. As California plots its carbon course to 2030, alternatives to its existing cap-and-trade program are getting some consideration. The California Air Resources Board is considering a carbon tax and the use of more direct regulations on oil refineries as methods of reaching its 2030 target of 40 percent below 1990 emissions levels… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/08/stories/1060045426 AIR POLLUTION Air regulators find a cancer-causing metal at 350 times normal levels in Paramount. Now they’re looking for the source. Air quality regulators are investigating metal-processing facilities in the city of Paramount after detecting a potent cancer-causing metal at 350 times normal levels. After discovering high levels of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium late last month… http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-paramount-air-toxics-20161106-story.html http://www.presstelegram.com/health/20161104/air-regulators-hexavalent-chromium-levels-350-times-above-normal-in-paramount-neighborhood CLIMATE CHANGE Europe at Risk of Missing 2030 Climate Goal, Researchers Say. The European Union risks missing its climate goals for the coming decades unless it strengthens pollution-reduction policies, according to the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations. Despite significant progress in cutting carbon dioxide and improvement in energy efficiency, the EU may miss its target of cutting emissions by at least 40 percent by the end of the next decade… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-08/europe-at-risk-of-missing-2030-climate-target-researchers-say?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=d4489c9fca-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-d4489c9fca-327747457 Japan ratifies Paris Agreement after the pact enters into force. Japan on Tuesday ratified the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement to cut emissions and prevent climate change, four days after the global pact officially entered into force. The agreement seeks to wean the world economy off fossil fuels in the second half of the century, limiting the rise in average world temperatures to "well below" 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit)… http://in.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-paris-japan-idINKBN1330J9?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=d4489c9fca-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-d4489c9fca-327747457 Business Leaders Support Steps to Rescue Climate. Carlos Ghosn, chairman and chief executive of the Renault-Nissan car alliance, gives a clear reason his company is taking the lead in developing moderately priced electric cars. The rules governing emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for climate change are going to get stricter… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/energy-environment/business-leaders-support-steps-to-rescue-climate.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection Negotiations over Paris climate deal begin in Morocco. The landmark climate accord reached in Paris in December was ratified with uncommon speed, entering into force last week after it was approved by countries accounting for nearly two-thirds of planet-warming emissions. But world leaders acknowledge that much remains to be fleshed out if countries are to achieve the stated goal of limiting global temperature… http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article113157143.html#storylink=cpy Global 'greening' has slowed rise of CO2 in the atmosphere, study finds. Increased growth of plants fertilised by higher CO2 levels is only partly offsetting emissions and will not halt dangerous warming, scientists conclude. A global “greening” of the planet has significantly slowed the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the start of the century, according to new research. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/08/global-greening-has-slowed-rise-of-co2-in-the-atmosphere-study-finds Climate change depleting the planet's stratosphere. Climate change is responsible for shrinking the Earth's stratosphere, according to scientists from NASA. The experts noted that the stratosphere has been reduced by "a number of kilometers" as a result of cooling. This cooling, they think, is actually due to fossil fuel use. Greenhouse gas emissions prevent the atmosphere from reflecting heat back into space… http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2016/11/08/stories/1060045394 FUELS Environmentalists Target Bankers Behind Pipeline. In early August, just as protesters from across the country descended on North Dakota to rally against an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, some of the world’s biggest banks signed off on a $2.5 billion loan to help complete the sprawling project. Now, those banks — which include Citigroup and Wells Fargo of the United States… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/business/energy-environment/environmentalists-blast-bankers-behind-dakota-pipeline.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=d4489c9fca-Today_s_Climate12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-d4489c9fca-327747457 Natural gas lobby plans campaign to convince Australians of 'long-term necessity'. Groups also plan to undermine government attempts to regulate parts of industry identified by the competition watchdog for price gouging. A coalition of natural gas lobby groups are planning a coordinated campaign to convince Australians gas is “a long-term necessity”, top industry lobbyists have revealed. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/09/natural-gas-lobby-plans-campaign-to-convince-australians-of-long-term-necessity GREEN ENERGY Power Couple: Tie-Up Shows How Batteries and Solar May Link. The solar panels — 15,000 of them — sweep down the hill from a former dairy farm here, gleaming rows of silver and blue nestled between fields of recently harvested corn. The installation, a project developed in partnership with SolarCity, the leading rooftop solar provider in the United States, and the local electric cooperative… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/energy-environment/tesla-solarcity-merger-shows-how-batteries-and-solar-may-link.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection For Renewable Energy, Brexit Spurs Mixed Prospects. When Mark Meyrick sat down with a developer to review plans for two solar farms the company he works for is building in Wales and southwestern England, one number jumped out at him. With the value of the pound sliding since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the cost of the imported solar panels Good Energy must buy has risen. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/energy-environment/for-renewable-energy-brexit-spurs-mixed-prospects.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection Wind turbines 'could supply most of UK's electricity' Dong Energy chief executive hails ‘inflection point’ as he confirms plan to sell company’s oil and gas division. Wind turbines could soon supply most of the UK’s electricity, the boss of the country’s largest wind farm operator has said, as he confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas division. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/08/wind-turbines-uk-electricity-dong-energy EU drops plans to make toasters more energy efficient over 'intrusion' fears. Proposal to cut emissions controversially omits several appliances on the grounds that economic benefits would not be worth the negative publicity. The EU has dropped plans to force toaster-makers to improve the energy efficiency of their products over fears of the political costs of being seen to be intruding in people’s daily lives, it has emerged. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/08/eu-drops-plans-to-make-toasters-more-energy-efficient-over-intrusion-fears MISCELLANEOUS Ralph Cicerone, Scientist Who Sounded Climate Change Alarm, Dies at 73. Ralph J. Cicerone, who as a researcher and the president of the National Academy of Sciences issued an early warning about the grave potential risks of climate change, died on Saturday at his home in Short Hills, N.J. He was 73. His death was announced by the academy, which he headed from 2005 until last June. It did not provide the cause. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/science/ralph-cicerone-scientist-who-sounded-climate-change-alarm-dies-at-73.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGlobal%20Warming&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection OPINIONS Look to California to meet Paris climate goals. California’s bipartisan leadership on the environment stretches from the towering influence of John Muir, to tailpipe standards that provided a model for the federal Clean Air Act, to today’s efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions and expand renewable energy. That leadership is especially important now, as it can help the U.S. achieve its commitments under the global Paris Agreement on climate change, which entered into force on Nov. 4. http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Look-to-California-to-meet-Paris-climate-goals-10599615.php?ipid=gsa-sfgate-result This really is a climate change election. If you only paid attention to the really big moments in this year’s presidential election — the debates and the conventions and the Access Hollywood video scandals — then you might have missed that climate change actually played a big role in 2016. No, this was not the climate change election we expected (nor the kind of debate anyone who recognizes it as a problem was hoping to see). http://grist.org/election-2016/this-really-is-a-climate-change-election/ California Cap and Trade Invests in Equity. This fall, California solidified an ambitious and deep reduction strategy for greenhouse gas emissions in Senate Bill 32 (a 40% reduction below 1990 levels by 2030). The current targets (a return to 1990 levels by 2020) are being effectively achieved under the present cap and trade system—serving as the starting point to develop a system that can efficiently achieve these deep targets. https://www.climatetrust.org/california-cap-and-trade-invests-in-equity/?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=7ba300c04c-Newsletter_October_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_52bd2e6821-7ba300c04c-231593789&goal=0_52bd2e6821-7ba300c04c-231593789 California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.